Steel Museum group elects officers

YOUNGSTOWN

Friends of the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor recently elected the following officers: Suzyn Schwebel Epstein, president; Judge Robert P. Milich, vice president; Richard Rowlands, treasurer; and Dr. Donna DeBlasio, recording secretary.

The Friends group of the Steel Museum, its informal name, supports its operation by promoting private and public donations as well as community awareness of its programs. Local residents are encouraged to become members.

Contact Nancy Haraburda at 330-941-1314 for membership information. The museum is at 151 W. Wood Street and the mailing address is P.O. Box 6572, Youngstown, OH 44501-6572.

The Steel Museum provides a historical overview of the impact that the iron and steel industries had on Youngstown and other area communities. Housed in the building, designed by architect Michael Graves in 1986, is a permanent exhibit, “By the Sweat of Their Brow: Forging the Steel Valley.” Through videos, photographs and reconstructed scenes, it explores labor, immigration and urban history.

The museum’s operating schedule follows: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

The archives/ library is on the second floor of the museum. It serves as a repository for local government records and manuscripts collected from steel workers, their companies and labor unions. The archives are part of the Ohio Network of American History Research Centers.